Rocker attachment for baby-carriages



No. 751,409. A

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ROCKET ATTACHMENT TOR BABY GARRIAGES.

APPLIUATION FILED 00T.19, 1903. No yMODEL.

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- for converting a baby-carriage or the like into upon its under side, as at 4, 'to engage the up- NITED STATES Patented February 2, QLL

PATENT OFFICE;

ORLANDO M. POND, OF INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.

ROCKER ATTACHMENT Fon BABY-CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 751,409, dated February 2, 1904.

Application filed October 19,* 1903.

To all whom it may concern/:g

Be it known that I, ORLANDO M. POND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Independence, in the county of Buchanan and StateotI Iowa, have invented certain new and p and preferably within the connecting-rods 3 useful Improvements in Rocker Attachments for Baby-Oarriages;` and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersv l Y said wheel-clamps, which are identical in conskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to a rocker attachment a cradle. c v

The object of my invention 'is to provider a device of this character which will be simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive to produce, durable in use, and well adapted for the purpose intended. Y

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully'described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. c

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved' rocker attachment applied to the wheels of a carriage, the latter being shown in dotted lines. 'Fig 2 is an end elevation of a portion of the same, showing one of the wheel-clamps in side elevation. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively longitudinal and transverse sections through one of said wheel-clamps. I

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated in the drawings the numerals 1 and 2 denote front and rear rockers, which are adjustably connected adjacent to their ends by connecting-rods 3. The rockers maybe of' any suitable material, shape, and size, and they are preferably identical in construction, the rear rocker being slightly greater in length than the front rocker. Each of the connecting-rods, which are tapered longitudinally, has its thicker end recessed or grooved per side of the 'rear rocker, to which it is secured by a screw or other fastening means 5. The smaller or reduced ends of each of the rods 3 have an adjustable connection with the Serial No. 177,608. (No model.)

ispassed to secure said end to the rocker.

Adjacent to eachend of each of the rockers is adjustably secured a clamp 8, adapted to engage one of the four wheels A of the babycarriage, go-cart, or similar vehicle. Each of struction, comprises a latch or catch 9,'pivoted upon a body portion 10, which is preferably formed from a single piece of heavy sheet metal. Said body portion 10 comprises a cenytral plate 11, having depending flanges 12 at each side, which engage the sides ofthe rockv ers, and curved rim-engaging sockets 13 at eachend. Said side flanges 12 are formed withlongitudinal registering slotsli, through which anda transverse opening in the rocker a bolt15 is passed', which has a nut 16 uponv its screw-threaded end. Y By loosening said nut the clamp may be adjusted-longitudinally upon the rocker, as will be readily understood. lThe sockets 13 are of unequal sizes, but otherwise identical in construction, each having a spur 17, preferably stamped or bent up from its bottom to engage the rubber tire or periphery of the wheel-rim to more firmly hold `the same. It will be understood that but one of the sockets 13 on each clamp is used at a time. If the wheel-rim is small, .it is placed in the smaller socket, and if large in the larger socket. If desired, but one of the sockets 13 may be pro- 4 vided upon each clamp. rIhe end 18 of the latch 9 is adapted to ooact with either socket `by projecting over the topof the same and holding the wheel-rim in the socket. The

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ries of openings or apertures 24:, through one of which a screw 25 is passed to adjustably secure it to the rear rocker, preferably at its center. The opposite and thicker end of said brace 21 is formed with a notch or recess 26 upon its under side, which engages the axle B of the front wheels of the baby-carriage, and thus prevents any longitudinal shifting of the carriage upon the rockers.

The operation of my invention is as follows: By means of the adjustable connection be tween the connectingrods and the front rocker the rockers are adjusted toward or from each other, so that they are the same distance apart as the front and rear axles of the carriag'e. The clamps are then adjusted longitudinally upon the rockers, as previously explained, so that the two on each rocker will be the same distance apart as the two wheels on each axle of the carriage. The latter is then placed upon the attachment so that the rims of the wheels engage one or the other of the sockets on the clamps, and the latches are then swung to lock the wheel-rims in the sockets. The adjustable plate upon the rear end of the brace is then adjusted and the front end of the latter hooked on the front axle of the carriage.

It will be seen that I have provided a simple and durable device which may be adjusted to various kinds and sizes of carriages and quickly convert them into rocking cradles at very little expense and which when not in use may be taken apart and compactly stored.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying' drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

vVarious changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacriiicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a pair of rockers, rods connecting said rockers, means for securing said rockers to the wheels of avehicle, and a brace between one of said rockers and one of the axles of said vehicle, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character described comprising' a pair of adjustably-connected roek- A n s g ers, clamps for securing said rockers transversely upon the wheels of a babyfcarriage or the like, and an adjustable brace between one of said rockers and one of the axles of said baby-carriage, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the wheels and the axles of a baby-carriage or other vehicle, of a pair of adjustably-connected rockers, adjustable means upon said rockers for securing the wheels upon the same, and an adjustable brace between one of said rockers and one of the axles of said carriage, substantially as described.

4. The combination with the wheels and the axles of a baby-carriage or other vehicle, of a pair of adjustably-connected rockers, clamps adjustably secured upon said rockers for securing the rockers upon said wheels, and a brace adjustably connected to one of said rockers and engaging one of the axles of said carriage, substantially as described.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a rocker, connecting-rods having one of their ends iixed adjacent to the ends of said rocker and having their opposite ends formed with a series y of openings, a second rocker, fastening-screws passed through one of said openings in the ends of said rods and into the latter-mentioned rocker to adjustably secure it to said rods, and means for securing said rockers transversely upon the wheels of a baby-carriage or other vehicle, substantially as described.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination with a rocker, of a wheelclamp comprising a body portion having side flanges adapted to engage the sides of the rocker and a rim-engaging socket at its end, and a latch pivoted upon said body portion adapted to close said socket, substantially as described.

7. In a deviceof the character described, the combination with a rocker, of a wheelclamp comprising a body portion having side ianges adapted to be adjustably secured to said rocker and rim-engaging sockets at each end, and a latch upon said body portion adapted to coact with either socket to close the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ORLANDO M. POND.

Witnesses:

H. W. HovEY, GUY HITCHINGS.

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